Reincarnation in Philo of AlexandriaThe best current research on Philo's allegorical exegesis of Scripture The strong element of Greek philosophy in Philo's thought has been recognized since antiquity, but his relation to the Pythagorean-Platonic tenet of reincarnation has been a neglected, even avoided, topic in research. This book confirms the view common in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries that Philo accepted the doctrine of reincarnation even though he preferred not to speak openly about it. The book shows how allegorization enabled Philo to give a reincarnational interpretation to very different scriptural passages. Features:
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Åbo Akademi University ailé de Zeus Alcinous Allegorical Armenian biblical body Brill Cambridge cause of incarnation char ailé Cher Clement of Alexandria Colson Commentary Conf Congr connection context David Winston Deus discussed divine doctrine earth earthly Edited exegesis explicitly expression fragment Greek heaven Hellenistic Judaism human idea immortal interpretation Judaism Leiden means Méasson mentioned metempsychosis Migr mind mind’s mortal Moses nature notion Opif original parallel passage passions Phaedo Phaedrus Philo Judaeus Philo of Alexandria Philo says Philo speaks Philo's thought Philo's views philosophy physical death Plato Platonist PLCL Praem present protological question quotation rebirth reference reincarnation Runia salvation salvific seems sense sense-perception sleep Socrates Somn soul soul's Spec SPhA subsection Tartarus things Timaeus tion translation verb virtue vols wicked Winston word ἀσωμάτων δὲ εἰς καὶ μετὰ οἱ παλιγγενεσία τὴν τὸ τὸν